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...Commonwealth of Massachusetts has asked Cambridge to pay $31,000 for violating a state water quality regulation, but the city will appeal the fine, City Manager Robert W. Healy told the City Council last night...
...state claims that Cambridge violated a regulation requiring community water systems to notify the public if the level of a contaminant known as trihalomethanes (THMs) in drinking water exceeds a certain level...
...State law sets the maximum amount of THMs at 100 parts per billion, but over the past year, the level in Cambridge's water ranged between...
THMs form as a by-product to the disinfection process when chlorine reacts to organic compounds in the water. Although the contaminant's effects on people are still being studied, it is thought to cause cancer, according to a state letter dated November...
Healy cited miscommunication between the city and state as one reason the penalty was levied. He said he had discussed the matter with state officials and hoped to have it resolved soon...